Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowbrickeen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowbrickeen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.25629, -8.65357
- SMR number
- SL013-074001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on slight broad rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 5m; int. H 0.75m). From SSW-NW there is a fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.4m) which is infilled but still visible from NW-ENE. A break in the bank at SSE (Wth 4m) with a causeway across the fosse marks the position of the original entrance. There are two modern breaks in the bank at NE (Wth 1.9m) and at E (Wth 2.2m). A small quarry hole lies immediately within the bank at E. At the N side of the interior is a slightly raised crescent shaped platform of uncertain significance (L E-W 12m; Wth N-S 5m; H 0.3m) defined by the bank of the rath W-E and by a scarped edge on the S side.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.